Grab your bear can or camp chair, kick your feet up and chew the fat about anything Sierra Nevada related that doesn't quite fit in any of the other forums. Within reason, (and the HST rules and guidelines) this is also an anything goes forum. Tell stories, discuss wilderness issues, music, or whatever else the High Sierra stirs up in your mind.

EARLY THIS MORNING, A FEW LINGERING CLOUDS ARE LEFT OVER FROM YESTERDAY EVENINGS INTENSE CONVECTION ACTIVITY, RUNNING ALONG THE SIERRA CREST, FROM INDEPENDENCE SOUTHWARD DOWN THROUGH LONE PINE. A COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND WEAK LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL PRODUCE A CLASSIC REX BLOCK PATTERN OVER OUR AREA THIS WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A SOUTHEASTERLY TRANSPORT OF MOISTURE OVER THE SIERRA. THUS, THE HIGH WILL GIVE US A SLIGHT WARMING TREND INTO THE LAST WEEK OF MAY AND THE SOUTHERN LOW WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING INTO THE WEEKEND. LIGHTENING STRIKES AND GUSTY, ERRATIC WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES WITH THAT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

NOTE: DENNIS' FORECAST ORIGINATES FROM THE FORT INDEPENDENCE EPA METEOROLOGICAL AND PM-10 MONITORING STATION. BECAUSE WEATHER CONDITIONS VARY GREATLY FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION IN THE EASTERN SIERRA, THIS FORECAST MAY NOT BE TOTALLY ACCURATE FOR YOUR AREA.